I just joined the forum and wanted to introduce myself. I am new to the world of kiting and very excited to start learning a new extreme sport. I am
an avid snowboarder and hope to incorporate kiting into my year round activities. Currently I live in New Jersey, about 45 minutes outside of NYC.
Looking forward to learning some tips and tricks from all of you much more experienced kiters.
Oh man... Go to the wildwood buggy bash!! I forget the dates, but its near you, and you can learn a ton, meet a bunch of great people, and try a bunch
of gear!
You have any kites yet?
PL: Twister II 5.6m, Phantom 15m / 12m, 10m Synergy, JIBE Viper 5.3m, Charger 19m
HQ: Montana 4 12.5m, Apex 3 5m
Flexi: Blade ViP, Rage 1.8m \"lil Pepi!\"
FlexiFoot Bug / FlexDeck / MBS Core 95 / Custom Carbon Fiber MTH \"Monster Door\"
Corsair Crash Test Dummy (QC Suervisor )
My most perfect days have been on Jekyll
Brian,
Welcome. As the others mentioned you are in the right place. Where are you in NJ..? We have a few members in the NY/NJ area. Myself,
Jaymz,Kober,MartiniPro,MikeDobbs and a few others. As Drew said be sure and come down to WildWood for the BuggyBash April 19-22. You will meet a lot
of great folks and learn a lot. Plus try some gear...
US888
PL- Aero v1 11m / Phantom 6/9/12/15/18
Ozone Chrono v2 9m
Liquid Force Elite 6.5m
Flysurfer - Peak 3 4m
PKD - Century 2.5m, Soulfly 3.5m
Ted's Profoil-1m/3.5m
Custom NABX Rev
GT Rapide V/VTT-XR+ Special
Wlcome !!!!
Congratulation on joining PKF .... that is one of the best sources of information for any level kiter ...
I am located in NJ Bloomfield and fly most of time in Sandy Hook area ..... sand me a massage if you would like to come to one of our sessions
2016 Nobile Zen Hydrofoil with Infinity 5.1' splitboard
2019 Nobile 2HD with Ronix One boots
2020 Nobile NHP split foil with Ronix Parks boots
MG Supra ......... pulling KiteTrike
As of now you will find your self driving down the road. Looking at trees, flags (to see what way the wind blows) And open area with clean wind. this
drives my wife nuts. the other kiters in the area will know the best spots. This is a great forum. Kiting is the best thing ever, if you DON'T GO YOU
WILL NOT KNOW.
Slingshot Snowranger Kite 12M
HQ Montana 9.5M
Ozone Frenzy 7M
Best Bularoo 10M, 7M
HQ Rush 350 Pro
Best Trainer Kite
Kite Trike, Mtn. Board
Skis, Snowboard
You will quickly learn that this may be one of the best forums for kiting.
Everyone on here is super friendly and there is a wide range of people experienced with everything that this sport has to offer.
This forum is the whole reason that I got into the sport in the first place.
See this is what happens when I go on vacation. All the hard working line pullers say hi first.
Ok so Hi, what ever good to meet you. Glad your here blaa blaa blaa:frog:
No really welcome to the funny farm. WBB is the place to be twice a year. PLUS (drum roll please) you'll meet me!!
I just ate a large DQ blizzard, and had to finnish Sandy's too. I shouldn't type while on an IceCream buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!:wee:
Pansh Ace 5.0 X2
North Husky 6.0
PL Guerilla 13, 18
PL C-Quad 2.3, 3.2, 4.2
Home made Rat Buggy
Libre V Max on barrow Plus wider taller sand tires & bigfoot front end
Blades Of Death, \"thanks Fran\"
Welcome to the best forum on the whole world wide web!
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Originally posted by jbt
As of now you will find your self driving down the road. Looking at trees, flags (to see what way the wind blows) And open area with clean wind. this
drives my wife nuts...
... Will I be like this the rest of my life?
2m Radsails Pro (from crazyherb), 2.1m Symphony Beach II (from Amazon), 3m HQ Beamer IV (from K-Bid), 4m Pansh Flux (from garydog), 4.7m Flexifoil
Rage (from mougl), 5.6m PL Twister IIR (from Big Mike), 6m Flysurfer Peak 1 (from Flysurfer USA), 11m HQ Neo II (from kiteplace), 19m PL Venom II
(from Smeagol), MBS Core 95 ATB (from Overstock.com), couple of ROSSIGNOL snowboards w/ SIS "click" bindings
I live in Central Jersey(Red Bank Area) which is about 15 minutes away from Sandy Hook. As a matter of fact I have probably seen a few of you guys
kiting because I love watching the sport in action. Going down to the hook and watching is actually what inspired me to get into kite boarding. It
looks like so much fun :wee: !!!! I recently purchased a HQ Scout II 5 Meter training kite. I know that this is on the larger side for trainer kites
but wanted to get something I can learn on and still use once I gain more experience. From what I read this kite is also good for beginning snow
kiters and land kiters. With that being said, during my first few times out what wind speeds would everybody recommend I stick to?
for a 5m, I would stick to 10ish to start. That 5m will kick ur butt if u let it. I started with a 5.6m as my first kite and man, in winds over 10mph
it scared the snot out of me at first. Take some time to get to know the kite in low wind first. The good thing is you are coastal, good clean winds.
Will make learning a LOT easier.
2016 Nobile Zen Hydrofoil with Infinity 5.1' splitboard
2019 Nobile 2HD with Ronix One boots
2020 Nobile NHP split foil with Ronix Parks boots
MG Supra ......... pulling KiteTrike
Welcome Bmart/Brian! Good to see You found THE place. Great folks here as you see.
I was born, grew up, and work in Red Bank. Great town. Down by Belmar now.
As you know, Sandy Hook is the local spot. Also good spots around Seaside, Island Beach, and LBI.
Wildwood is a MUST GO Spring and Fall. Check out past WW Buggy Bash videos at the bottom here
I started on a 4m Scout (1st gen). Fair warning, first kite breeds many ;-)
That 5m will pull like a train over 12mph and watch for gusts. The beach is forgiving and a great place to learn, scud. jump static. A good helmet is
a valuable investment. It's not if you need it but when.
Real bummer The Navesink didn't freeze up this season. We had some good sessions the past 2-3 years prior.
This was my first time (newbie) on The Navesink in Red Bank with the 4m Scout 3 years ago.
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welcome to the addiction bro!!!!!
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